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Period: 500 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1030
Guido of Arezzo's Micrologus
Micrologus is a guide to teach Guido of Arezzo's sight singing system called "solmization", which is based on a hexachord or 6 pitched system. Guido also developed the idea of the 4 lined staff as well as accidentals. -
Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1323
Ars Nova Treatise
The Ars Nova Treatise laid the foundation for modern music by further standardizing the use of time signatures and new, smaller divisions of notes that allowed more interesting rhythm and syncopation. -
Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Period
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1485
"Ave Maria ... virgo serena"
Motet by Josquin -
1528
"Ein feste burg" (A Mighty Fortress is our God)
Chorale by Martin Luther -
1538
"Il bianco e dolce cigno"
Madrigal by Arcadelt -
1567
Pope Marcellus Mass
Written by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Legend states that this work saved polyphony from the Council of Trent by proving that 6-voice, polyphonic music could still be intelligible, and therefore was permitted for use in non-secular music. -
"Missa O magnum mysterium"
Parody Mass written by Tomas Luis de Victoria. -
"Sonata pian’e forte"
Written by Giovanni Gabrieli. First recorded piece that specified both dynamics and preferred instrumentation rather than just range. -
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Baroque Era
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"L'Orfeo"
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First Public Concerts in England
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Period: to
J.S. Bach
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"L’Estro Armonico"
This work by Vivaldi popularized the Italian Concerto in Europe. -
Traité de l’harmonie
Rameau's treatise presented ideas about the importance of the triad, a central, tonic key, and functional harmony that are still used in teaching music theory today, -
The Well-Tempered Clavier
This collection by Bach not only served as an educational tool for young musicians, it demonstrated an equal temperament tuning system that is the Western standard today using the 24 major and minor keys. -
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PreClassical Period
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Period: to
Franz Joseph Haydn
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"Messiah"
Written by Handel -
Period: to
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Period: to
Viennese Classical Period
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Period: to
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges as director of Concerts des Amateurs
Chevalier was an incredibly talented and accomplished musician and composer. Despite career challenges because of his race, he became the director of the Concert des Amateurs which he built into one of the most most renowned orchestras in Europe. -
"Don Giovanni"
Written by Mozart -
Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"
Written by Haydn, premiered March 23, 1792. -
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor
by Beethoven -
Erlkönig
by Franz Schubert -
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Gioachino Rossini -
24 Caprices for Violin Op.1
by Nicolo Paganini -
Symphonie fantastique
by Hector Berlioz -
Period: to
Mazurka in B-flat major, Op.7
by Frederic Chopin -
Das Jahr
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel -
Period: to
Souvenir de Porto Rico
by Louis Moreau Gottschalk -
Pictures at an Exhibition
by Modest Mussorgsky -
Carmen
by Georges Bizet -
Der Ring des Nibelungen
by Richard Wagner -
Brahms Symphony No. 4
by Johannes Brahms -
Mahler Symphony No. 1
by Gustav Mahler -
“Voiles” from Préludes Book 1
By Claude Debussy -
Pierrot Lunaire
By Arnold Schönberg -
Rite of Spring
By Igor Stravinsky -
I Got Rhythm
By George and Ira Gershwin -
Homenaje (Homage)
By Manuel de Falla -
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
By Margaret Bonds -
Symphony No. 5
By Dimitri Shostakovich -
Cottontail
By Duke Ellington -
Appalachian Spring
By Aaron Copland -
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
By John Cage -
Kind of Blue
By Miles Davis -
Ancient Voices of Children
By George Crumb -
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
By John Adams